Corsendonk Pater / Abbey Brown AleBrouwerij Corsendonk

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Pours clear . Chestnut brown with ruby highlights and softer brown hues. Tan head of Belgian style foam that dwindles and leaves plenty of lace to adorn the glass as you drink.

The nose is very fruity . Vibrant with plum and then showing a bit of cool sugar, spice and earth. As the foam falls the nose settles in with sweet raisin and dried dates.

Taste is festive with molasses and earth. Soft brown sugar and sweet dried fruit. A touch of bitterness leaves it to linger sweetly . Crisp finish with plentiful bubbles. It's the alcohol not the hops that comes to bitter the finish in this beer and when it does it shows you a light warmth after the swallow. Dries as it lingers with plenty of soft rich malt and a light plum like tartness. Light soft caramel and light cocoa as it warms.

What a beautiful dubbel. Complex malt with vibrant festive flavors and perfect execution.

The cork pops off the 750ml bottle like champagne and creates a head that almost immediatly fills the glass; probably due to bottle conditioning and a warm serving temp. A vanilla cream colored head finally settles, and a cloudy, copper mahogany beer forms leaving modest lacing. Sweet dark fruits, apple, pale malt, and hints of floral hops in the nose. The flavor is dominated by plum, raisin, and lightly toasted special B malt, followed by a citrus spice and a gentle, drying hop bitterness. Medium bodied and evenly carbonated. Finishes yeasty and mild, but a lingering residual sweetness reminds you this is for sipping, with a taste meant to savor, and a rare smoothness.

Served on draft in a Corsendonk tulip glass. Corsendonk pours dark brown, with a thick, three fingered head that leaves behind lacing as thick as shaving cream -- just look at that head! The beer smells slightly sweet and malty, with some belgian candy sweetness also apparent.

Corsendonk tastes mellow and refreshing, and lightly maltish with some slight hints of chocolate and unidentifiable spices. It's not overly complex, but it's very easy to drink. In fact, you could drink this one all night long, but it might come back to haunt you the next morning!

A: Pours a ruby-brown with a very nice creamy off-white head (dang near 3 1/2 "). Lots of head retention, leaves a nice lace.

S: Musky and fruity with a bit of a bitter/sharp aroma

T: This beer has a quickly warming sweet flavor that has hints of nuts, malt, dark raisins, molasses, and some mild winter spices. It has a dry red wine bitterness that is actually pleasant. This makes a very good sipping beer.

12 ounce bottle, best before 6/26/2009. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown with about a half inch tan head. Head retention and lacing are both decent. It smells like raisins, caramel, chocolate an dsome candy sugar. It's a very sweet and malty aroma. Taste is similar to the aroma with the addition of vanilla and an earthy, spicy and smoky taste. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's coating but also starts off with too much carbonation. The carbonation does gets softer as the beer warms and settles. Drinkability is good, it is smooth and easy to drink once the beer settles down a bit. It's not my favorite in the style, but it's still an overall good beer and I would pick this up again.